The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-23

We stayed there about ten minutes / think
ana the s, went down to Junk7 saloon Hart
was Win me, As We came into JunEd front
room Arensdorf, Scotland and Grady were
standing To the left and crowd of men were
standing To the right OF the room. Arensdorf
was toward the front and the crowd towards tho
rear. Ieavitt was there with fiVe or six others
standing N group. ! didn't recognize the
/ others with Leayitt. Hart and went back into
/ the rear room We remained in Junks place
probably hVe or six minutes-a few minutes.
! Arensdorf had dark suit on-the usual suit
! that he wofe-a navy blue suit; sack coat
with phntH III his boots This IL tho hat that
| LeaYtt had on
/ The hat shown the witness was gray Derby
Witness, continuing Yes, sir, Jexamning
/ the hat that's the same hat Leayitt had It
I long rubber coat and light pants. Leayitt and
/ his group all went out together, in hurry |
/ was not with the crowd that went out. Hart
/ and went out second or two after Leavitt and
! his crowd went. j almost positive that
| Aren sdorf was IN junk 3 saloon when Hart and
| went out Ieayitt and his crowd went west
/ on the south side of Fourth sta Get Hart aud I
/ followed them about one hundred or more feet
| behind. didn I know whore they were going
/ or what they We're going To do. / had no talk
with LeaVitt IN the saloon on anywhere else
| When We caught up with them LeHyitt's crowd
was standing by the high board fence on the cor
! ner OF Fourth ana Water streets. As we walked
by Leagitt jerked off this straw haiti il is the
one-and pu. this hat the gray Derby on my
head. ! said What do you meanY Leay-
/ lit said: That's all right Ill return il
to you the morning. We Hart aud I
walked on and turned the corner aud had gone
sixty seventy feet south on the east side of
Water street, when heard the report Of ii gun
"a revolver. / looked around There were
two men standing in the street near the corner
I One was staggering and the other was running
away. The man who was running had long
dark cont and light pants on. He had also a low
I crowned hat. think that man was II l.
Le8vitt who did the shooting Herau north
towards the blacksmith shop on Water street
We then walked on down Water to Third street
then east on Third street to Nebraska street
and from there on Nebraska street 10 the Mil
waukee house 1t was probably 10 40 O'Clock
when We got 10 the Milwaukee house. Hart was
with me when the shot fired He was with
me all the time. Bismarck not with me |
didn't see him that night. He was not with me
at the corner or elsewhere that night | did not
see John Arensdorf ia that crowd with Leavitt
don think he WAS there John Arensdorf Was
not the man whe fred the shot;
Arensdorf well. The coat the man
had on was o rubber coat / think il was I
couldn't tell exactly when / reached the Mil
waukee House. Leayitt never returned my hat
have kept Leayitts hat ever since l identify
this hat the gray Derby hat MS the one I,eavitt
put on my head that night paused the
crowd just before the murder. | was ut no Sc
cret meeting of the saloon keepers on the night
OF August last. ! not present at any
meeting of saloon-keepers that night. [ believe
there was a saloonkeepers union at that time
] attended only one Of these meetings didn't
understand that there was any organization
effected. When was th0re there was nothing
said about whipping or njuring Haddock or anv-
body else. | never knew of any such thing be-
ing intended talked about
Cross examination by State Ny wife il Il
cousin of John Aren-dorf | am now under in
dictment for the murder Of Haddock. Came to
Sioux City in the fall of 1884, Have bsen in the
saloon business. Grady and Scollard were in
the front room when Hart ana ] went into
Juuk's saloon. We went right through TO the
back room. | don t know who were in the crowd
with Leavitt-not single one Of them, l NAV
have known some of them. but / did not paw
any attention to them; Arensdorf was on the
left side as We entered know a by the
name Of J. =. Browning; | never told him that
walked rapidly after the crowd that left
Junk's saloo:.. / did not tell Browning that on
the night OF the murder [ thought it intend
ed only to pound or whip Haddock. did not
say to Browning that heard of the intention
TO whip Haddock. and that watched the pro-
ceedings from mn independent position Of my
own.
HENRY SHERMAN
destined: / live in Sioux CITY and have since
April 80 1886 | had lived in Sauborn. o 'Brien
county. 10. I engaged in business here at once,
becoming proprietor of the English Kitchen,
and have resided in Sioux City ever since. The
English Kitchen q restaurant and saloon
combined. ] was one of the proprietors. ] rec
ottect the Sd day of August when Haddock was
Kitchen after supper. H. l.. Leavitt was not at
my place that evening. ] saw him that evening
en- the opposite side Of the street gong into the
Bankrupt store. He had light suit Of clothes
O'Clock. l stayed at the English Kitchen until
about - o'clock, and was then absent long
quickly back. ! stayed there the balance Of the
evening. l heard of the killing Of Haddock
at about 1880 o'clock was standing on the
outside Of nv place. Some one came by on the
street and said Haddock was shot. / knew
John Arensdorf at that time, and knew him
well. Saw him at the English Kitchen at about
l heard of the killing OF Haddock. II had been
there about seven eight minutes. He had
dark blue suit of clothes on, dark Fauts and
pants tucked into his boot tops.
JOHN AREssDoR
testified Il am the defendant in this case, /
live in Sioux City and have about ten years. l
am n brewer aud have been for about twenty
years. learned my trade in Belgium and have
been brewer ever since. / came TO Sioux City
IN 1877 and have lived here ever since IN the
Franz brewery was foreman in August last.
| still hold that position In the evening Of the
Sd of August last was around town. l came
down town in the afternoon, Between and
o'clock ] went into Phil Eberle's place and stad
till 30 o'clock Eberles saloon is the south
side Of Fourth street was with Barnes and
Dsvelaar in Eberles saloon. went
Shepherd saloon Barnes went with me
! went into the kitchen and ordered
supper for two of US; Barnes and myself, that
was somewhere near 80 O'Clock. ate supper
there ate in of the little rooms. Barnes
ate supper with me. After eating supper /
started to leave. II was something after 10
O'Clock. ! couldn't say exactly what time.
Barnes went west and east when we came out
went into the Chicago saloon which is two or
three doors east of the Shepherd. I went right
out of there ! then crossed the street and went
into Junk \ saloon. There were n few men
standing by the window in Junk's saloon. Mr.
Grady and Mr. Scotland were there when | went
in. | stopped there q few minutes and then
went out and went east on Fourth street to the
English Kitchen. ! don know just what time
T il was. II was then that learned of the shoot
ing. ] also learned there that m6u
( killed In few minutes / went west
to where the killing happened, | stopped
there lust a few moments and went across
the bridge to the brewery From the brewery
went back to Junk's saloon and stay ed there a
short time, and then went 10 my home on Bluff
( street | wore my usual clothing that night
blue clothes, had big boots on, coming up TO
nv knees. with my pants inside Of them. had
no rubber coat on. / was not at the corner of
Fourth and Water streets at the time Haddock
was killed.
+ Arersdou denied having any conversation
/ with Leavitt at the Standard theatre in regard
: to the killing of Haddock denied paving to Bis
marck any money to get him out of town dis
/ claims any knowledge of q conspiracy to "do
up Haddock said he bought the house of Bis
marck 5 wife for Mr. kuepper as she Ind writ
ten him note that she wanted to sell it that
Z be heard the evidence of Minnie koschniski-
Bismarck daughter-in which she gives &c
count of a conversation between him aud her
mother; he never had such conversation he
never told her mother that she must 60 10 her
husband because people We're too much excited
nor did he tell her that she must wait a while
and II would be ell right
Here the defense rested its case, and the State
called a few more witnesses for crosse xanine-
ton, among them being